Svein Ove Strømmen (1949 – 22 September 2010) was a Norwegian businessperson. He took his engineer education in the United States, and worked in the Norwegian petroleum industry from 1981 to 1986. He then turned to entrepreneurship and investment. Together with

Bjarne Berg Bjarne Berg (6 June 1950 – 9 May 2010) was a Norwegian human swimming, swimmer, journalist and businessperson. He is best known as news editor of TV 2 (Norway), TV 2 and from the companies Vizrt and Hardball (company), Hardball. Career He grew up ...

he was a pioneer in the investment company Hardball, which has invested in player transfers for the

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club

SK Brann Sportsklubben Brann is a Norwegian professional football club based in Bergen. Founded on 26 September 1908, Brann has played in the first tier of Norwegian football for 67 out of 80 seasons, the second most of any club. They play their hom ...

. Through another investment company Isinvest, Strømmen was the largest stock holder in Hardball. Hardball strongly contributed to Brann's victorious season in 2007. He was a member of SK Brann since the 1960s. At the time of his death he was the chairman of

Vizrt Vizrt (), short for ''Visualization in Real-Time'' or ''Visual Artist'', is a Norwegian company that creates content production, management, and distribution tools for the digital media industry. Its products include real-time 3D graphics syste ...

, a position he had held since 2004. Since 2000 he was one of the main architects behind the growth of Vizrt, again together with Bjarne Berg. Strømmen was also chairman of Vemtro and Nera. He died in September 2010.

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1949 births 2010 deaths Norwegian businesspeople Norwegian expatriates in the United States {{Norway-business-bio-stub